“He was one of those rare examples of trickle down economics having a positive and lasting impact.” That’s Galen Bradley, a barista at Wynwood’s Panther Coffee speaking after Tuesday’s passing of Tony Goldman, who was as much a visionary as he was a developer and entrepreneur. Like the rest of the Wynwood neighborhood, the young [...]
A Miami-Beach Police Officer was arrested on racketeering charges last week in connection with an intricate car scam that bleed nearly $500,000 from local auto businesses. Officer George Robert Navarro Jr., has been charged with eight felonies that include racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and one count of organized fraud greater than $50,000. In addition [...]
Hmm…What Pillow Talk This Guy Must Have Generated for the Weithorns You may not be familiar with the names Keith Donner and Mark Herron. And if you’re not, you ought to be. They know you by name. In fact, in recent weeks, they sent a lot of mail your way, addressed to you. You’re not [...]
MIAMI BEACH Beautiful images of Miami Beach are no stranger to publications and video screens worldwide. Be a part of this visual wave by submitting and showcasing your favorite Miami Beach photos in the Like2Love Miami Beach Photo Contest on September 1, 2012. The contest kicks off Miami Beach’s new civic pride campaign, Like2Love Miami [...]
By Howard Kaufman Congratulations on the nomination. I want to start off by saying I didn’t do much scholarly research or any deep stuff about you for this letter. But I do read the Economist and I watch CSPAN and some news channels, even a little Fox news. Fox I watch just to see how [...]
By Alejandro Arce The so persistent talk about the “Convention Center” is using valuable time in many meetings and reunions and the solution to such irregular problem is far from being resolved. At the last meeting of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club the temporary City Manager answered several questions regarding the Convention Center. Not one [...]
MIAMI BEACH Describing Beach voters’ approval last week of the 1% hotel bed surcharge as a “mandate for action,” local citizen-activist Frank Del Vecchio says that City Hall’s plans to redevelop its convention center “can and should move forward.” Del Vecchio, president of the South Pointe Residents Association and who spearheaded anti-casino and City Hall [...]
By Daniel Ricker With the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Andrew fast approaching Friday anyone that was here in South Florida on that Aug. 24 evening will never forget the terror of the night and the sound of a freight train next to your pillow, if you had one. As trees snapped as if tooth picks [...]
Luis Garcia, Jr., Florida House representative and former Miami Beach commissioner, qualified for a Nov. 6 runoff with incumbent District 5 County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro. He issued this statement to the SunPost on Wednesday: I am humbled by the support of the voters in District 5 and thankful for the diligence of the Miami-Dade Elections [...]
Tax Returns Distraction Won’t Go Away Because Romney’s Ego Won’t Let It The Late Show with David Letterman’s “Top Ten Things We’ve Learned About Mars”: 1. Easier to get to than Mitt Romney’s tax returns. My take on why Mitt Wrongney won’t release more extensive tax returns than those he’s already released is this: He [...]
In a surprise ending to a contentious statehouse race in which its chief combatants threw everything but kitchen sinks at one another, David Richardson was all but formally elected to the Florida House on Tuesday night. Richardson, a 55-year-old CPA who resides in South Beach, beat out fellow Miami Beach residents Mark Weithorn and Adam [...]
You’ve Been Tapped to Pay For Our New Convention Center, Suckas! Dear Out-of-Town Tourists: Welcome to Miami Beach! Where you’re sure to enjoy lots of sand, sun, and surf. Oh, but before you doff your shoes at the airport security checkpoint and allow your friendly TSA agent to treat you to a good groping, you’d [...]
